Hanging sliding curtains



(No Model.)

T. TRIBE.

HANGING SLIDING CURTAINS.

Patented June 18, 1889.

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PATENT THOMAS TRIBE, OF COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO.

HANGING SLIDING CURTAINS.

S1:lilCIFICATIONA forming part of Letters Patent No. 405,333, dated June18, 1889.

Application filed August 20, 1888. Serial No. 283,24L2. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS TRIBE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Colorado Springs, in the county of El Paso and State ofColorado, have invented new. and useful Improvements in Hanging SlidingCurtains, of which the following is a specication.

The object of my invention is to provide simple, cheap, and effectivemeans for hanging sliding curtains wherein the rod or wire on whichh thevcurtain slides may be readily and quickly arranged in position, andmaybe tightened to the desired tension.

The invention consists in a certain novel construction and combinationof devices, fully set forth hereinafter, in connection with theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of a curtain-iixtureembodying my iinprovements applied in the operative position to awindow-frame. Fig. 2 is a detail view, partly in section, of one of thebrackets with the end of the rod or wire attached thereto. Fig. 3 is ahorizontal central sectional view of the same.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A A designate brackets, which arearranged, respectively, at opposite sides of a windowframe, and theyconsistof the base-plates B B and the Shanks C C and the sleeves ortubular sockets D D on the outer ends of the Shanks. The bracketsmayeither be formed in a single sheet of metal or in any other approvedway.

The base-plates of the bracket are provided with apertures b b, whichregister, respectively, with similar apertures e e in the grooved orchanneled washers E E, which are arranged between the base-plates andthe frame of the window. These washers are designed to strengthen thebrackets, and they are preferably formed of sheet metal, with theiredges turned up on opposite sides of the base-pla`tes, but may be formedin any other approved manner. Screws F F pass through the saidregistering -apertures and engage the frame of the window.

G designates the rod or wire on which the curtain H slides, and itsthreaded ends are passed into the brackets A A, wherein they are engagedby the screw-bolts K K. These screw-bolts tit snugly in the sleeves ortubular sockets of the brackets, and are provided with longitudinaltapped bores 7o 7c, in which are engaged the ends of the rod or wire,and the outer ends of the screw-bolts are provided with angular heads LL, having transverse grooves N N, whereby they may be turned either witha screw-driver or with a Wrench. The bolts K are free to turn in thesleeves or sockets, and it will be evident that when the threaded endsof the rod or wire are engaged thereon and the bolts are turned the rodor wire may be adjusted to the width of the window-frame, and may betightened to any desired tension.

The parts of this invention are simple, may be cheaply made, and areeasily arranged in position. Further, the grooved or channeled washersprevent the brackets from being strained laterally by the tension onthe. rod or Wire. Further, by loosening one of the screwbolts the rod orwire may be removed from the brackets to release the curtain. Thebrackets are provided with apertures O O, to enable either end of thecurtain to be tied thereto to hold it stationary.

Having thus described the invention, I claiml. The brackets providedwith sleeves or tubular sockets having smooth interiors, combined withthe screw-bolts fitting loosely and adapted to revolve in the sleeves orsockets and provided with threaded bores, and the rod provided withthreaded extremities engaging the bores of the screw-bolts,substantially as specified.

2. The brackets provided with sleeves or tubular sockets, combined withthe revoluble screwbolts iitting loosely in the sleeves or sockets,provided with threaded bores and having heads on their outer endsbearing ets, and the rod or wire having threaded ends engaging the boresof the screw-bolts, substantially as specified,

3. The combination, with the brackets provided with sleeves or tubularsockets D D, of the revoluble screw-bolts K, fitting snugly in thesleeves or sockets and having angular heads bearing against the outerends of the sleeves or sockets and provided with transverse grooves, andthe rod or wire having against the outer ends of the sleeves or sock-ICO threaded ends engaged in the bores of the end of a rod or Wire,substantially as speci- Said Screw-bolts, substantially as specified.fied.

4. The herein-described brackets for cur- In testimony that I claim theforegoing as tain-hangers, comprising the Washer having my own I havehereto affixed my signature in 5 its edges turned up, the base-platefitting bepresence of two Witnesses.

tween the turned-up edges of the Washer, and

having its center looped up to form a tubular THOMAS TRIBE. sleeve orsocket D, and the revoluble screW- Witnesses: bolts tting in the saidsleeves or sockets and ELLIS L. SPACKMAN,

1o provided With a threaded bore to engage the FRANK R. VAN METER.

